Atlantic News Perspective #143 (May 30, 2005)
Vandalizing Summerside, poking around in Sydney and rethinking Point Pleasant Park.
By: Iain K. MacLeod
“Black History Month” by Death From Above 1979 [Quicktime]
“I Can’t Put My Finger On It” by ween | Chris Applebaum
Atlantic News Perspective #142 (May 24, 2005)
Messed-up maps, an oily mess and a smokeless Nova Scotia.
By: Iain K. MacLeod
MOTOR BOOST VENTILATOR | Chinese Export Commodities Fair
It doesn’t feel like summer is approaching (tonight’s forecast: low of 4 w/ patchy drizzle), but read this anyway:
Everything You Thought You Knew About Grilling Is Wrong | A Work In Progress
Rubber Johnny | dir. Chris Cunningham
Atlantic News Perspective #141 (May 16, 2005)
High school hit lists, losing out on lobster and PEI cracks Coastal Living.
By: Iain K. MacLeod
“Baby C’Mon” by Stephen Malkmus (courtesy of Matador Records)
“I Turn My Camera On” by Spoon (courtesy of Matador Records…outside the US/Canada)
“Twin Cinema” by The New Pornographers (courtesy of Matador Records)
From Matador Records: Finally, we’d like to offer a shout-out (ie. “fuck you”) to the cowards and thought-cops at the Ad Dept at Paste Magazine who have deemed our proposed advertisement for ‘Face The Truth’ to be beyond the bounds of “good taste.” God forbid that anything might challenge the sensibilities of Paste’s Yep [...]
Allergic reaction ends rapping marathon | CBC Arts
Inflection Point | i, Cringely
Truth In Advertising (d. Tim Hamilton) | studio2f
Atlantic News Perspective #140 (May 9, 2005)
Bizarre boarder crossing, re-resurfacing the bridge and Big Brother in St. John’s.
By: Iain K. MacLeod
“I myself have helped hundreds of people get off drugs. In Scientology, we have the only successful drug rehabilitation program in the world. It’s called Narconon…It’s a statistically proven fact that there is only one successful drug rehabilitation program in the world. Period, ” Tom Cruise (SPIEGEL Interview )
What? Windom Earle + Spincycle^2
When? Wed, May 11 @ 10 PM
Where? Reflections Cabaret
How much? $3 (Ladies Free)
Daily Show’s Colbert gets own Comedy Central show | CBC Arts
“U.S. customs officials said he was wearing a bullet-proof vest and was carrying a chain saw, a hatchet, a sword, an assortment of knives and a can of pepper spray.
Border officials confiscated the arsenal, then let Despres continue on his way.” (RCMP lay charges against New Brunswick man in grisly double murder | Macleans.ca)
Atlantic News Perspective #139 (May 2, 2005)
Seal hunt fiction, banning the Bible and Rosie’s gay cruise.
By: Iain K. MacLeod
The spaceship has been part of the Cavendish landscape for decades. (CBC News)